Massey Drive: 27% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 98% of Canadian towns
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, Massey Drive has 6.2%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. Some 1,760 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. One-person households: 21% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Massey Drive
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 27% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 17% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 87% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and −2% across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Massey Drive ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Massey Drive is 39.2, lower than in 69% of Canadian towns. Across Massey Drive, 18% of residents are under 15. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.2% of households are one-parent families, a lower share than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Massey Drive has more common-law partners than 68% of Canadian towns, at 13%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of renter households than 72% of Canadian towns: 16%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 58% date from 2001 or later, 4% from before 1961. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 63% of households live in a single-detached house here.
Household income, middle of the range: $109,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Massey Drive: half had more than $109,000, 27% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, half of households had more than $63,600 before tax. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
2.2% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Massey Drive. Add to that, fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 81% of Canadian towns: 1.6%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 96% of Canadian towns: 12%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents belong to a visible minority in Massey Drive. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 99%, and 5.9% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.9% of residents speak English and French here.
Massey Drive ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 37%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.2% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
69% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 69% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Massey Drive
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Drive | 1,760 | — | 39.2 | 11% | 2.2% |
| Corner Brook | 20,549 | 4.5 km | 49.6 | 27% | 2.5% |
| Irishtown-Summerside | 1,296 | 6.4 km | 51.6 | 28% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Massey Drive’s residents
What is the population of Massey Drive?
About 1,760, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,606 people in Massey Drive, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Massey Drive?
The median age is 39.2. 18% are under 15 and 11% 65 or older.
Is Massey Drive bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 0%.
How diverse is Massey Drive?
Immigrants: 2.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.8%. Indigenous identity: 27%.
What religion are people in Massey Drive?
12% said they have no religion and 86% that they are Christian; 1.6% named another faith.
Is Massey Drive good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 7.2%. Schools near Massey Drive are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Massey Drive?
Half of Massey Drive’s households had more than $109,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).